--- title: Stay Ahead in IT – Monthly Briefing for IT Services Leaders description: Monthly IT services market briefing for founders, investors, and M&A advisors. Curated deals, market insights, and exclusive interviews by Jörn Petereit. --- Stay Ahead in IT # The monthly briefing for IT services *founders, investors* and M&A advisors. I track every IT services deal in Europe, talk to founders every week, and share what I learn once a month. Market shifts, curated deals with my commentary, and exclusive interviews from inside the sector. ![Jörn Petereit](https://info.itcapital.de/hubfs/J%C3%B6rn%20Petereit%20Portr%C3%A4t.png) Jörn Petereit Managing Partner, IT Capital Partners ### Subscribe for free Once a month. Five minutes. No fluff. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. GDPR compliant. What You Get ## Signal, not noise. Once a month. Every edition gives you three things you cannot get anywhere else. 📡 #### My Market Perspective What I see from conversations with IT services founders, PE investors, and M&A advisors every week. Not recycled trend reports. My personal take on what is shifting and why it matters. Investor View 🤝 #### Curated Deal Radar The most relevant IT services transactions in Europe, handpicked and commented. Each deal with my analysis of what it signals for the market and for founders like you. M&A Intelligence 🎤 #### Founder & Expert Spotlights Exclusive conversations with the people shaping IT services: portfolio CEOs, PE partners, due diligence experts, cybersecurity leaders. Real insights from inside the sector. Exclusive Access As Featured In [iX Magazin](https://www.heise.de/ix/) [Handelsblatt](https://www.handelsblatt.com/) [F.A.Z.](https://www.faz.net/) [CRN](https://www.crn.de/) [ChannelPartner](https://www.channelpartner.de/) [IT-Business](https://www.it-business.de/) Latest Edition ## See what you will receive. Edition 26/05 · July 2026 The questions founders ask me when the slides are closed. Half-time on IT services M&A. In this edition: my verdict after more than forty tracked deals, the seven questions founders ask me most, the fully updated AI-Native whitepaper, and the two public takeovers that just repriced European IT services. 01 What I See Right Now: My Half-Time Verdict 02 Featured Whitepaper: AI-Native, Updated for H2 2026 03 Founder Office Hours: 7 Questions Founders Ask Me Most 04 Deal Radar: 7 Deals, Two Public Takeovers ### A newsletter that reads like a conversation, not a report. Every edition starts with what I am seeing in the market right now. Not theory, but observations from real conversations with IT services founders across Europe. The Deal Radar gives you the transactions that matter, each one with my personal analysis. And the interviews go deep with the people who are actually building, buying, and scaling IT services companies. #### Previous Editions [Jun 2026 Operator-Led Buy and Build, Frank Strecker, 7 Deals That Matter](https://info.itcapital.de/newsletter/june2026?hsLang=en) [May 2026 Sovereignty Washing, Stefan Biehler, Cloud Sovereignty Report](https://info.itcapital.de/newsletter/may2026?hsLang=en) [Apr 2026 The Copilot Trap, Michael Müller, AI-Native Whitepaper](https://info.itcapital.de/newsletter/april2026?hsLang=en) [Mar 2026 AI Agents & IT Services, Rachel Linnemann, Q1 2026 Deals](https://info.itcapital.de/newsletter/march_2026?hsLang=en) [Sep 2025 Cybersecurity Trends, Strategic M&A, NextGen Growth](https://www.itcapital.de/newsletter/securing-the-future-of-it-cybersecurity-trends-strategic-ma-and-nextgen-growth-insights/) [Apr 2025 AI-driven Growth, Strategic M&A, tecRacer Insights](https://www.itcapital.de/newsletter/building-european-it-champions-ai-driven-growth-strategic-ma-tecracer-insights/) [Nov 2024 Edge AI, Strategic M&A, Due Diligence Insights](https://www.itcapital.de/newsletter/revolutionizing-it-edge-ai-innovations-strategic-ma-and-expert-due-diligence-insights/) [Sep 2024 Digital Twins, Strategic M&A, Private Equity](https://www.itcapital.de/newsletter/driving-it-innovation-digital-twins-strategic-ma-and-expert-private-equity-insights/) [Apr 2024 Data & AI Trends, M&A Dynamics, Expert Insights](https://www.itcapital.de/newsletter/shaping-the-future-of-it-cybersecurity-insights-strategic-ma-movements-and-ai-value-creation) [Feb 2024 Web 3.0, PMI Strategies, IT M&A Insights](https://www.itcapital.de/newsletter/web-3-0-transformation-expert-pmi-strategies-and-it-ma-insights-your-guide-in-this-edition/) Stay Ahead in IT ## Join IT services founders and investors across Europe. Free. Monthly. Five minutes. The briefing you need to stay ahead. We respect your privacy. [Privacy Policy](https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/38105892) © 2026 IT Capital Partners GmbH · Ballindamm 3, 20095 Hamburg [itcapital.de](https://www.itcapital.de/) [About Jörn Petereit](https://info.itcapital.de/joernpetereit?hsLang=en) [Imprint](https://www.itcapital.de/imprint/) [Privacy Policy](https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/38105892)